
Land Acknowledgment links:
Telling the truth about the lands we inhabit: https://www.livinglutheran.org/2021/11/48330/
Labor Acknowledgment link: https://www.diverseeducation.com/demographics/african-american/article/15108677/on-labor-acknowledgements-and-honoring-the-sacrifice-of-black-americans
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Reading Credits:
Author Jim Palmer's coddiwomple post
The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage by Richard Rohr
Video and Music Credits:
"wood-trees-forest-woods-path" video by Matthias Groeneveld from Pixabay
"Scandinavianz - Nature" audio from Pixabay
Kintsugi video shown was merged from these two videos:
The Japanese art of fixing broken pottery - BBC Global (0:06-0:45)
Kintsugi, the ancient art of making shattered dishes whole - CBS Sunday Morning (0:10-2:00)
"I'm Just Here For The Swearing" by Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq
"Walking Each Other Home" by Dierks Bentley (starting at 1:32)
Article recommendations (from participants):
Podcast recommendations (from participants):
Book recommendations (from participants):
Life Is a Lazy Susan of Sh*t Sandwiches by Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan
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ELCA Coaching is collaborating with Rev. Brenda Smith (ELCA), Deacon Tammy Devine (ELCA), and Rev. Candy Holmes (MCC) as we discern where Spirit might be collectively leading us as people of faith. We began gathering online with faith leaders in March of 2020 to wrestle together with Being Church in a global pandemic, which transitioned over the summer of 2021 to Courageous Leadership, as COVID revealed our perceptions and misconceptions about most things in life. Jesus is our primary model as we move toward Creating Beloved Community: Healing Together, gathering the first Wednesday of each month (with a focus on healing together) to learn together and experiment in community with a variety of spiritual practices and focus areas.
"Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion." -- bell hooks, All About Love
Most other Wednesdays will explore additional elements of Creating Beloved Community.
We believe this is in attunement with our call as Christians from:
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Scripture and our expanding understanding and expression of love for ALL of our neighbors
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MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail and Vision of the Beloved Community
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ELCA Teaching, and especially our "connection to all of life"
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ELCA Truth and Healing Movement (as facilitated by Indigenous Ministries and Tribal Relations)
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Dr. Shawn Ginwright's The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves
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And so many other diverse voices and sacred ways we engage with each other and with the world.
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To answer some commonly asked questions about these regular gatherings:
"Why are you still meeting?" "Don't become too familiar with loneliness. Community is a risk, but liberation depends on the collective. Who can you trust to hold you?" -- Cole Arthur Riley, author of Black Liturgies